Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-01
THE LIBEL SUITS.
Chey Are Dismissed ana the
Times IL Free.


Yesterday morning the cases OF boye
VS.. the Times.Mirror Company, on dis
missal, were called in Judge O'Meiveny
department of the Superior Court Boti
sides were willing that the cases shoui'
be dismissed, bnt Col. Boyce wanted
letter written by him to his attorneys
authorizing the dismissal OF the cases
filed. Judge O'Melveny ruled that the
letter was not q proper document to be
filed, and thereupon dismissed the cases.
BoYcE's LETTER.
Following is the full text of the letter
which Col. Boyce desired to have filed.
In it he gets very close to the late la
mented editor of the Times.
sLos ANGELES, Cal, May 2S. 1887.
"Messrs Williams & McKinley-Gen-
tlemen: The present managers of the
Los Angeles Times having given the
most positive assurances, both IN private
to myself and friends and in public, that
they desire to do me full and complete
Justice for the uncalled for attacks here.
tofore made upon me in the columns of
that paper, having now published in q
full issue of the Times the editorial
agreed upon, and having changed the
suicidal policy heretofore pursued by
removing the managing editor, and it
being understood that the retirement OF
the said editor is to be permanent; l
desire to signalize my acceptance of the
assurances given by withdrawal OF the
suits heretofore entered against the
Times. Mirror Company.
II am the more willing to do this be.
cause the managers of the Times, after a
full inspection Of the documents in my
frankly acknowledged that
they had no case and could not substan-
tate a single one Of the charges made.
Indeed, they go farther than this, and
assert most positively that the former
publications were made without their
and consent, and that they |
iisavow and disown each and every one
of them. When this was made to ap- |
pear, instantly decided to accept the |
given, and with the most
perfect good faith to meet every advance
IN the part of the present managers OF |
he Times. /
II can do this the more readily as
1ave not at any time desired to recover
money from them, but only that they |
Ihould state the truth and stand by it.
'1n requesting you to withdraw your
notion for reinstatement of the suits
md to enter dismissal of them If they
ire reinstated, take the liberty of call.
ng attention to the fact that hereafter
10 one need feel himself to be at the
mercy of newspaper simply because
me has fallen under the control OF a
nan who is willing to use it for personal
md unjustifiable ends.
"There is majestic power which.
vhen once aroused, is irresistible, and
,efore which every other agency in the
Universe must bow. mean that sense
# even.handed justice in the public
mind, which instantly and unerringly |
'djudges the right aud condemns the
wrong. To that sentiment l appealed.
nd am satisfied with the result, as l
rust my friends and the public at large
will be. Every step on my part has
'een straightforward, frank and open,
nd stand by the record as it is made.
faithfully yours, Il. H. BoYcE."
This ends the matter, and the cry
hould be "On with Gladstone" and all
'ther legitimate enterprises, and let the
,est rusller in real estate circles receive
lis full reward, regardless of the fact
hat some man on a newspaper "has 1t
n for him.